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thereby excited. The glands beneath the root of the ears (paro- 

 tids) are swollen and tender and cough is induced by handling 

 them. The intermaxillary glands are enlarged. The cough is 

 loose and followed by the ejection of glairy materials by the mouth 

 and nose. Food and drink are swallowed with difficulty and effort, 

 dry grain or hay is often refused, or dropped from the mouth, after 

 it has been chewed, to avoid the pain of swallowing. Deglutition 

 is accompanied by a gurgling sound caused by the abundant secre- 

 tion in the pharynx. In swallowing liquids a portion is often re- 

 jected by the nose. The mouth is hot, red at its back part, and filled 

 with fetid saliva which often drivels from between the lips in the 

 coarser breeds of horses. The fever varies according to the in- 

 tensity of the inflammation. This disease is rarely serious, and 

 improvement is manifested, by a free discharge from the nose of 

 a white opaque color, by the ability to swallow without pain, and 

 the better appetite and general appearance. Collections of pus in 

 the Guttural pouches may result from pharyngitis. See Chronic 

 Nasal Catarrh. 



Reynal has seen chronic cases of this disease due to : ist, frac- 

 ture of the large branch of the hyoid bone ; 2nd, lyaceration or 

 ulceration of the soft palate ; and 3rd, an abscess of the pharyn- 

 geal mucous membrane. 



The treatment does not differ materially from that of laryngitis 

 except in the greater value of soft food, mucilaginous and acid- 

 ulated drink and of electuaries which act on the throat as they 

 dissolve. Subjoined is a formula : 



Recipe : Extract Belladona, four drams ; potassium iodide, one 

 ounce ; sodium hyposulphitis, three ounces ; mellis, five ounces. 

 Mix. A desert spoonful to be smeared on the inside of the cheek 

 thrice daily. 



